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ALVA BC640/680 Braille Display Driver now in NVDA

I'm pleased to announce that  Optelec contributed a driver for their  ALVA BC640/680 braille displays, which is now included in NVDA. Like NVDA itself, these displays do not require any drivers or software to be installed on the computer (and therefore don't require administrator privileges), which makes for a fantastic combination when used with a portable copy of NVDA. The displays can optionally contain a built-in flash drive, so you don't even need to carry around a separate USB flash drive for NVDA. As well as contributing the driver, Optelec also provided us with a BC640 so that we can continue to maintain the driver. It is fantastic to have such great support from braille display manufacturers, first  Handy Tech, who participated in the initial design and prototyping of NVDA's braille support and provided a driver for their displays, and now Optelec. We'd like to sincerely thank Optelec for contributing both the initial BC640/680 driver and the BC640 itself.